It would indeed be the ultimate tragedy if the history of the human race proved to be nothing more noble than the story of an ape playing with a box of matches on a petrol dump.

Quote by David Ormsby-Gore

Topics: Mankind Quotes

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

Man is a piece of the universe made alive

The mind of each man is the man himself

The mind of each man is the man himself

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

The human spirit is not dead. It lives on in secret... It has come to...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly...

Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly...

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round...

You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Man is not an end but a beginning. We are at the beginning of the...

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having...

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having...

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all...

Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all...

Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human being in times...

Better to be a dog in times of peace than a human being in times...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

The assertion that all men are created equal was of no practical use in effecting...

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

It is too simple to say 'man is basically good' or 'man is basically evil'....

It is too simple to say 'man is basically good' or 'man is basically evil'....

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot...

The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot...

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...

With magnetism, power of uncondensed steam, gravitation, radiant energy of electric waves, equilibrium and activity...

Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men -...

Anyone who knows how difficult it is to keep a secret among three men -...